Railway tie and spike.



T. c SISK. RAILWAY fIIB AND SPIKE. APPLICATION FILED DEG. 26,1912.

Patented Aug. .26, 1918.

1 IXYEXTOR 1702mm? (1, 331%,

WITNESSES:

THUMAl'? C. 551E351, UAKLANID, QALIFUBNIA.

RAHJNLYZ? 531E AND $913313.

jl lli illfil ijl, Specifieution of Letters Eatezit, l im jigmibml A r ng Q63 $913133 Apylicatinn filed December 2%, 1912.

Serial No. 738,516.

I 22 al Z whom it may concern Be it known tha 3E, Til-i iu'As U. S1512, a

citizen of the United Sl -ates, residing at Uuklzuil, in the county of Alameda, W State Cullfm'nuu have invenlied how and useful lll'lfjlOVQlIlOlltS iu iwlziilwziy TESS mid Spikes, of which lho following is {L specifillllOil.

Thiu invention relates to railway construction, :iiul uirlioiilurly to an improved lill; :iurl spike for supporting uuol holding mils.

The object of llie present invention is to provide :1 relatively inexpensive reinforced (mum-ole tic, with on muhoililecl. i'atihplulue or chair, and a spike automatically locking; u'ilh film chair, said plate having integral rigid means for preventing Fipllzlfllllg of lho mil...

The invonliou (onsiais of tho hurts and 'lilu: cousli'uvtiou and conibiuuliim of parts as hominal'tor more fully described and. i'ilziiuiuid, liming reference to the iLCCOIlX- pi'ovoil i'uili'oml conslmuoliou. l ig. 2 is :1, 'lA'fll'lSYQlHL' soclgioii lhiki'iugh the in the plane oi one of the transverse reinforcing rolls. is :1. (foul/ml "&1.l'l(lll section through ono oi the rail ohaii's, ElllLHVhifjj n3 spikv m'uhuililcil Zll1( l uuolhoi' hoilfoi'o inum ijiou iu the ohuiin i its illio/i'ulml ouiholliuwnl, my i" u wwl mmalruolion voiu 'u-isos llllll'l'llllll zihlo. i'o oi'ssihlo mil chairs or hlouks 2., hui'iug :1 top plume or philo portion 3. "lilo lilhiihlovlq (,1 tie l, with the lop sui i'ucos '5 in the piano of the top of lihe tie 4;. The mil ohm s or hloolcsE zu'o LnlffelublflfIfOl'lIlQCl of ,uullluiout length to provide. hotwoou t-h ii. Mills For tho imppoi-t ol mils iho fil s of the; {hinges oi. which :ii'o o 1 3 ill o stow or upuuully prl'ijw'ti' fr shouliloi-s (5. formed iulvgrully or otiuri'ui 1 upon lho upper p01- ziou ol' tho lilooloi f8; ti shoulders hum j iho il'ulu-iaiou of .lmiltiug laho iuilsug'zi. 1st

spromliug ii-lion.

For the purposu of. lii'ovonlziug; u' 'iu'ui'il u'iovouioiit o1 l'lio mils. when :uljusltcil upon lho films. l proioi' to Form ill. the lflfltliQ 2 COM. iiolw; "T, ouvh in: sing r livei'gonl (,zliui'iuels 8. lulu lilo (win: holes 7 IHU il 1 soh no i ll viclecl to 'lioi-m so 'mizhle prongs 10. which. prongs, when ii'isui'tml in lIlW upper portions (il the core. holes I in lho olooks .3 :uul ihsu driven iiiwmilly. will bl'nlfillll so as to autouml'imlly lollow lhe curved, divergent chum uols 8.

For the purpose ol obtaining a conci'auo tin, as cl... of sulliuioul iYgidily to imply sup port the ti-zilliv, mul ;v um'iile for such :1 iilsgrco of lllEF-llilfi us filesii'uhlo, I extend lougiluilioiillythrough the hoifly of the tie l; of sul'islnuliully parallel rei11f0r0- ins Z'Ol'lS ill. zu'iziugei'l' iuv upper and lower I tho upper reinforcing lOtlS bearing snugly against shoulders 12 fol-mod. on the lJlOClim 2 and overhanging the upper l0(lS ll, am. in 2L {similar ll'lflllllOl' the, lower rods ll. abut ugzzliusl; overhanging shoulders oi lugs 13,; formed upon the sides of the blocks By this ui'i-migenimit of the oil chairs Ol blocks 2, Willi lhizii' SlIUUlllHIS upon oniheifliloil reinforcing members 11. the loud lllliil'iSifll upon the Solid and substantial chairs ia ilisiirihutoifl holuveou. the (:ol'icrelio structural llllllilliil of tho lies 2- and upon.

"1 having iullicioulx lflllg'lllllllnill flexi- 13v using in comhirmltiou with tie, pau l i 31 ils reception, the pe ii a railr ad c-onsli'uoii-events; spi :mliug 52mm time provides ho nail down upon so designed as to ouilolioy lio \i'oi'lc up- 'u'ui'illy T6111 the lie whom loosened, and yet Wllllll Sl'illili- (:l'll he 'voif readily removed by the =ulimiliou of a suitable tool.

I lizivo ihou'u. lilo block or mil chairs 2 of zippioxiuuii'olv lihzi" the 21; spewed sumo; lowoz. lo 1': i

ouliui' 7 lion War.

, the mills Milli low-ins: ioi' in the lie. 1

resist liho :uoi'i'uul ill,

T-Slll1l liti cross section. so iiulforiziug members 11 lure 'lulrlher upui'l; than the iuoiulm's, :juul liho blocks .Afly perforated, as at of ln-uusversie reinforche. icleil up, as iii; no mate tie fpl'zii'ie lo tie had in iuvonlimi u'l (lfifwllfi to secure by railroad mils a monolithic, cementitious tie in which the blocks are embedded with their upper surfaces in the plane of the top of the tie, reinforcing rods extending longitudinally through the tie, and abutting shoulders formed on the blocks for receiving a portion of the load imposed upon the blocks, said blocks having core holes for the reception of complementary spikes.

2. In combination with railroad rails, blocks or rail seats arranged in a common plane longitudinally and having lugs engageable with the edges of the rail flanges, a monolithic, cementitious tie in which the blocks are embedded with their upper surfaces in the plane of the top of the tie, reinforcing rods extending longitudinally through the tie, abutting shoulders formed on the blocks for receiving a portion of the load imposed upon the blocks, said blocks having core holes with divergent, intersecting channels, and spikes having divided shanks forming bendable prongs for following the channels in the blocks when driven in.

3. A railroad tie comprising a monolithic,

cementitious body, iron rail chairs embedded at suitable locations in the body and having shoulders projecting from both sides, and longitudinalreinforcing rods arranged in upper and lower sets and seating against said shoulders for receiving a portion of the load imposed upon the chairs.

4. In a railway tie, a pair 01": axially coinciding spaced chairs having lugs on their rail-bearing surfaces fior holding the rails against lateral movement and having shoulders on both of their longer side's, reinforcing irons positioned by and bearing against said shoulders, and a cementitious body structure inclosing said rods and all of said chairs with the exception ,of the rail-bear ing surfaces thereof.

In testimony whereor" I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

MARY C. LIs'roN, HENRY G. Tamar. 

